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3 February 2020 School Policies and Procedures go to: 2021 - Term dates are as follows: http://glenoroua.schooldocs.co.nz/ Term 1 - Wednesday 3 February - Friday 16 April Dear Parents / Caregivers / Friends of the School Username: glenoroua - Waitangi Day observed Monday 8 February Password: policies - Teacher Only Day - Thursday 1 April - Easter is during term time - Good Friday 2 April, Easter Monday 5 April, Easter Tuesday 6 April - Anzac Day Sunday 25 April during the school holidays Term 2 - Monday 3 May - Friday 9 July - Queen’s Birthday - Monday 7 June Student Absence/Bus etc - Teacher Only Day - Tuesday 8 June Please ring 329 7859 Term 3 - Monday 26 July - Friday 1 October before 9.15am or email Term 4 - Monday 18October - Wednesday 15 December - Labour Day - Monday 25 October Please do not text the - Teacher Only Day - Monday 15 November school cellphone as often the texts are received too Bell Times for 2021 Welcome back to all our tamariki and families for 2021. We are keen to get stuck back into late or the next day. 9 - 11.00 - First session learning with our children, ensuring they are comfortable and then making learning across the 11 - 11.20 - Break curriculum the priority. We really value the input of our families in our students' learning and our 11.20 - 12.30 - Second session community, and extend an ongoing welcome to you to feel at home within our school, to get 12.30 - 1.25 - Lunch yourself a cuppa when you need, and to see us sooner rather than later, if there is anything you 1.30 - 3.00 - Third session wish to discuss.

We officially welcome our new Room 1 teacher, Terri Currie (Whaea Terri), and our new Lunches - Hotdogs, Pizzas available - $2.50 each students Daniel & Arleah, with parents, Kylie and Ash; Charlotte and Isabella with mum, Lauren; Juices - $1.00 each and Lucy, with mum, Donna. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Troy Anderson, his family These are available every day. Orders and money to Mrs Taylor before school. We will not be ordering and Rongotea School, with the passing of Kama, Troy's wife, earlier this week. any further Hot Dogs and Pizzas, and are looking into other, more nourishing, options for a bought lunch. We will let you know when there are no Hot Dogs/Pizzas left. As usual, summer has arrived with the beginning of school, so if families ensure children are ‘sunscreened’ at the start of the day we can have it available for re-application at lunchtime. BoT Members Also make sure students shoulders are covered i.e. no singlets, please. Andrew Pedley 027 444 9833 Cassandra Archer 022 034 1664 Dion Fleming 027 450 2711 Renee Kuiti 027 714 4530 Our overarching theme for this year, which will be present across all learning, is atawhai or Kieran Finnigan 021 243 7072 Andy Davis 021 645 138 Francie Carroll - Principal Kate Saunders - Staff Rep kindness. We will be unpacking how we can experience this in different ways, and across

different curriculum areas, throughout the year. Top School Competition 2021 As every year, we will be competing in the Top School Competition at the Waitangi Day Gala on Feb 6 You will notice a few changes in the way we do things, in and around the school, in coming from 1.30pm. We can only enter 10 students within set age ranges, but as usual would love lots of support months. Know that although there are changes, the values we share - the heart of our rural on the day from children other than those competing. We are organising our team and will let families community - will remain constant. I look forward to working with you all. know as soon as possible.

Francie Itinerant Music Teaching - Will begin on Wednesday 10 February. If you are a Room 1 or 2 students interested in taking part in these individual music lessons, please see Francie. All contracts (sent out last term) need to be returned by Friday this week (or get a new one from the office). 2021 Term 1 Calendar - attached - plus a form to opt into Launchpad (formerly Bible In Schools). Please return this form to the office, or your child’s teacher by Thursday 11 February. Year 7/8 Immunisations - will be given during school time on Monday 8 March, please return forms that came home with your Year 7/8 child by Thursday 11 February. Swimming - everyday weather permitting Class times are: Rm 1 - Yr 5 - 8 - 11.45 - 12.30 Surf Safety - Next Friday 12 February the whole school will be taking part in the Beach Education Rm 2 - Yr 2 - 4 - 1.30 - 2.10 programme run by Surf Lifesaving NZ at Beach. We will leave school just after 9am, and Rm 3 - Yr 0 - 2 - 2.10 - 2.45 return before 3pm. We will need lots of hands on deck for this please, as we need to transport all our Please ensure togs, towels, goggles are named. students there and back, and need about 13 parents prepared to go in the water. Further details about this will follow, but for now please let us know via Seesaw, email or by filling in the volunteer slip below if Hats - Most students had a hat on today - excellent start!!! you are able to help out. Thanks in advance, our school community is great at helping our tamariki experience the curriculum outside the classroom. Clothes - Please name everything. ______Surf Safety - Friday 12 February 2021 I can take _____ students. Car has WOF/Rego. I am/am not prepared to go in the water.

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